Hundreds of years of precipitation to create Foshan culture
On April 7, gongs and drums in front of Foshan’s ancestral temple sounded and the drums and music were noisy, and the annual Beidi Festival kicked off. Spring Festival ceremony, Northern Emperor tour, reciprocating gods and performing operas… This ancient building ancestral temple, which has been passed down for nearly a thousand years, is filled with citizens who come to pray for blessings.
“Understanding the history of the ancestral temple is equivalent to understanding most of the history of Foshan.” In the view of Ling Jian, director of the Ancestral Temple Museum, as a national key cultural relic protection unit, the ancestral temple is known as the “Palace of Oriental Folk Art”. It not only displays many precious works of art, but also the spiritual belief of Foshan people and the soul of Foshan.
Produced by Foshan Press Station Planning Xie Hong and Li Cheng
Text/Jinyang Network Reporter Ouyang Zhiqiang Photo/Ancestral Temple Museum, Foshan Archives 1
First with the Northern Emperor and then the Ancestral Temple
During the Yuanfeng period of the Northern Song Dynasty (1078-1085), a craftsman layed down the first wooden stake of the “ancestral temple”. In the past thousand years, this building has undergone many renovations and expansions and finally becomes the “Palace of Oriental Folk Art”. “When it comes to the ancestral temple, we have to mention the Northern Emperor Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw. There is the Northern Emperor first and then the ancestral temple.” Liang Guocheng, an expert committee member of the Foshan Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center, said that the Northern Emperor in the ancestral temple is called the Water God in Taoism. Because Foshan is located in the water network area, it was often affected by typhoons and floods in the past, and farming was greatly affected, making people’s lives miserable. So, the people in Foshan specially invited the protector Beidi to pray that the water god would give water (meaning to regulate the water volume) and make good weather for the year. After the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, a large number of Central Plains gentry moved to Foshan, Lingnan, bringing advanced technologies such as culture and smelting in the Central Plains. At that time, Foshan town relied on the transportation of rivers such as Dongping River and became an important town for light industry. It became one of the most economically developed regions at that time, equivalent to Shanghai today.
“Relying on water transportation, Foshan people lived a good life. The folk belief of Beidi made the people at that time taste itCinema 1950 witch cloth drawsweetness.” Liang Guocheng said that at that time, considering that the Northern Emperor was a faith passed down from Foshan folk, a large-scale temple was built on the original basis. The Ancestral Temple in the early Ming Dynasty became the largest Taoist temple in southern China at that time. Liang Guocheng believes that the faith of the Northern Emperor represents the spiritual state of Foshan people. As the saying goes, “There are gods on the head three feet high.” Foshan people are particularly simple and follow the faith of the Northern Emperor. Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw abide by the rules. Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw, and pay special attention to commercial credit. The faith of the Northern Emperor is the root left by the ancestors of Foshan people from generation to generation. This mental state has produced Foshan culture and has been passed down from generation to generation.
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Wanfutai creates an acoustic miracle
Wanfutai in the ancestral temple is the oldest and best preserved ancient stage in South China. There is a wide stone paving site in front of the platform, and there are two-story long corridors on both sides of the east and west for viewing dramas. Liang Guocheng said that the predecessor of Wanfutai was named Huafengtai, which was founded in the 15th year of Shunzhi in the early Qing Dynasty. It was renamed as Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw on the 60th birthday of Empress Dowager Cixi in the Qing Dynasty (all of which are used as “Wanfutai”).
In the mid-Ming Dynasty, the first Cantonese opera guild was established at the Qionghua Hall on the bank of the Fenjiang River in Foshan. Since the mid-Qing Dynasty, all Cantonese opera troupes have gone to Wanfutai to perform first. Please read the Northern Emperor to see if the level is qualified, which is equivalent to a smooth blessing performance.
“After the years of precipitation, Wanfutai has become an authoritative and sacred stage for Cantonese opera. Only after withstanding the censorship of the Northern Emperor can the troupe make a living, otherwise there will be no qualification.” Liang Guocheng found that the stage of Wanfutai faces the bronze statue of the Northern Emperor, with a stage of 2.07 meters high, and the distance between the eyes and feet in the bronze statue of the Northern Emperor is also 2.07 meters, plus the bronze statue pedestal is 1.6 meters, which is generally Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw, the performer’s eyes on the stage just looked at Beidi’s eyes, which shows that Beidi is reviewing his performance, so the performer will perform more attentively.
Liang Guocheng said that some people would think this is superstition, but in recent years, not only Guangdong, but also the most popular Cantonese opera masters in the world have started to step onto the stage of Wanfu Platform, as long as Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw is engaged in Cantonese opera. Everyone wants to perform at Wanfu Station. When it comes to Wanfu Station, no one dares to blaspheme.
Wanfu Station, which has more than 300 years of history and is decorated with brilliant wood sculptures, stands majestic. Babaylan 1990 cloth drawIn Liang Guocheng’s view, its architectural art is also very sophisticated. Liang Guocheng said that 200Cinema 1950 witch clothes draw2 years, a musician from Guangzhou came to Wanfutai to perform and found that the sound effect without an electronic amplifier was better. Later, a professional team found that the architectural design of the entire Wanfutai was a sound field structure, with the sound from Wanfutai to the two corridors on both sides, and then to the Lingying Archway, forming a natural overall three-dimensional surround sound. drawEcho wall, even the last row can clearly listen to the sound, ensuring excellent performance sound effects. Liang Guocheng pointed out that the ancients created an acoustic miracle without modern technological means. Unfortunately, people now like to use loudspeakers to bury the advanced nature of Wanfutai.
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Repair and protection of cultural relics are still the focus
” Understanding the history of the ancestral temple is equivalent to understanding the history of Komiks 1960 witch cloth drawMost of the history of Foshan. “Ancestral TempleMuseum director Ling Jian said that the precious culture accumulated over hundreds of years of history must be protected and promoted. Over the years, Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw His work focuses on the repair and protection of cultural relics, the improvement of cultural and creative products, and the development of management systems. As an important base for the Foshan martial arts awakening Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw Lion Babaylan 1990 cloth draw, the Huang Feihong Memorial Hall and the Ip Man Hall were both built in 2001. In 2018, the Ancestral Temple Museum successfully combined modern science and history and culture, and completed the upgrading and renovation projects of the two venues. Today, tourists can learn the routine of Hongquan in the sound, light and electronic playroom, play with Lingnan lions in the human-computer interactive game, and learn Wing Chun moves in the Murenchun interactive experience area.
Now the thousand-year-old ancestral temple has a new look – the Northern Emperor’s birthday is empty alleys, the children gather together with their pen gifts, the Cantonese rhyme on Wanfu Platform is melodious, the Lingnan lion show is wonderful, the “Foshan Youyou” cultural and creative products make the cultural relics “live”… Ling Jian said that the ancient building complex of the Ancestral Temple Museum, known as the “Palace of Oriental Folk Art”, has the typical characteristics of the Pearl River Delta and is a landmark building that shows Foshan’s profound historical and cultural heritage.
For such a representative building complex, the Ancestral Temple Museum spares no effort to protect ancient buildings. In 2010, after completing three years of comprehensive repairs and external environment transformation that cost more than 30 million yuan, the entire ancestral temple ancient building complex was safer and more stable, beautiful, and blooming with the brilliant brilliance of the past. During the renovation process, the ancestral temple insists on repairing the old as it is, respecting traditional skills, such as replacing the commonly used chemical Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw pigment, re-coloring the gray plastic, and restoring a large number of wooden components and ceramic plastics.All are the same.
In addition, the “Chongzheng Shexue” site display protection project is underway. These repairs and protections of Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw are all under the premise of respecting history, and the old appearance of the ancestral temple buildings can be renovated, and the Lingnan architectural culture can be protected, preserved and continued to develop. Ling Jian said that the museum’s primary task is not only to repair and protect the ancient building complex of the ancestral temple, but also to deeply explore, organize, research and publicize the profound historical culture of the ancestral temple, and at the same time better pass on the intangible cultural heritage of the Foshan ancestral temple. “This is also one of our important missions.”